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Prep time: about 10 minutes

Makes 1 (strong) mug-worth, or about 4 Turkish coffee cups-worth

Ingredients:

1 cup water

2 Tbs. Turkish coffee grounds

pinch of cinnamon and/or ground cardamom (optional)

1 Tbs. honey

cream, to taste

You’ll need:

¼ cup clean eggshells

¼ cup woodchips (hickory, cherrywood, or other would suit)

1 vanilla bean, chopped roughly and crushed

Helpful Items:

funnel

mesh straining bag/clean scrap of fabric

a cezve (pot for making Turkish coffee)

mason jar

Instructions:

In a small pot, or cezve, combine the water and coffee grounds. If also adding spices, do so at this point. Place over medium-high heat and watch carefully. Heat until it froths up, then remove from heat.

In a mesh bag, combine the eggshells, woodchips, and chopped vanilla bean. Suspend this bag in the mason jar, and pour the coffee over it. Allow to steep for five minutes. Remove the mesh bag, and pour the Klava through a funnel lined with cloth.